Senior Software Engineer Jobs in Scotland

Senior Software Engineer
UK > Scotland

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in Scotland is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 57 116 151
Rank change year-on-year +59 +35 -53
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 398 103 110
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 5.82% 2.37% 1.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.00% 2.64% 1.89%
Number of salaries quoted 148 66 57
10th Percentile £48,750 £50,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £53,750 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,250 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -6.80% +13.64%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £71,605 £77,715 £81,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +12.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Scotland with a recognized job title 6,635 3,895 5,814
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.03% 89.52% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2,785 2,120 3,050
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +13.68%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,652 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings that featured Senior Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Engineer in Scotland

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in Scotland.

Salary trend for Senior Software Engineer in Scotland

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Engineer in Scotland

Senior Software Engineer
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Software Engineer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow +25 255 £61,500 +11.82% 2
Edinburgh +58 94 £60,000 +4.35% 3
West Lothian +9 22 £60,000 -11.11% 1
Aberdeen 0 12 £60,000 -7.69%
South Lanarkshire - 4 £65,000 -
Renfrewshire - 2 £52,500 -
Inverclyde - 1 £60,000 -
Dundee - 1 £50,000 -
Angus - 1 £65,000 -
Senior Software Engineer
UK

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Senior Software Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Scotland region featuring Senior Software Engineer in the job title.

1 398 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 280 (70.35%) Agile
3 218 (54.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 198 (49.75%) Finance
5 196 (49.25%) SDLC
6 190 (47.74%) Operational Stability
6 190 (47.74%) Law
7 176 (44.22%) Marketing
8 168 (42.21%) Java
9 155 (38.94%) Problem-Solving
10 148 (37.19%) Tech Ops
11 136 (34.17%) AWS
12 129 (32.41%) Artificial Intelligence
13 124 (31.16%) Machine Learning
14 108 (27.14%) SQL
15 102 (25.63%) Python
16 97 (24.37%) Azure
16 97 (24.37%) Decision-Making
17 86 (21.61%) C#
18 81 (20.35%) Apache Spark
19 77 (19.35%) Microservices
20 74 (18.59%) NoSQL
20 74 (18.59%) CI/CD
20 74 (18.59%) CSS
21 73 (18.34%) .NET
22 72 (18.09%) JavaScript
23 69 (17.34%) React
24 60 (15.08%) JSON
25 59 (14.82%) Kerberos
26 57 (14.32%) C

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 81 (20.35%) Apache Spark
2 40 (10.05%) ArcGIS
2 40 (10.05%) GeoServer
3 18 (4.52%) FileNet
4 17 (4.27%) Cloud Foundry
Cloud Services
1 136 (34.17%) AWS
2 97 (24.37%) Azure
3 41 (10.30%) GCP
4 18 (4.52%) Amazon S3
5 13 (3.27%) SaaS
6 2 (0.50%) Serverless
7 1 (0.25%) IaaS
7 1 (0.25%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 59 (14.82%) Kerberos
2 19 (4.77%) Wi-Fi
2 19 (4.77%) Wireless
3 18 (4.52%) Network Security
4 15 (3.77%) Ethernet
5 14 (3.52%) RS-232
6 13 (3.27%) Modbus
7 12 (3.02%) TCP/IP
8 6 (1.51%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (18.59%) NoSQL
2 49 (12.31%) Big Data
3 42 (10.55%) Metadata
3 42 (10.55%) PostgreSQL
4 40 (10.05%) GIS
4 40 (10.05%) QGIS
5 26 (6.53%) Elasticsearch
6 18 (4.52%) Apache Cassandra
7 17 (4.27%) Amazon Aurora
7 17 (4.27%) CockroachDB
8 4 (1.01%) Data Lake
8 4 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.50%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.50%) MySQL
9 2 (0.50%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.25%) Redis
Development Applications
1 44 (11.06%) Git
2 42 (10.55%) Artifactory
2 42 (10.55%) Bitbucket
2 42 (10.55%) Jenkins
3 18 (4.52%) JUnit
4 12 (3.02%) GitLab
4 12 (3.02%) JIRA
4 12 (3.02%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.50%) Maven
6 1 (0.25%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.25%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 218 (54.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 198 (49.75%) Finance
3 190 (47.74%) Law
4 176 (44.22%) Marketing
5 52 (13.07%) Influencing Skills
6 14 (3.52%) Banking
6 14 (3.52%) Manufacturing
7 12 (3.02%) Investment Banking
8 7 (1.76%) Tech for Good
9 6 (1.51%) Legal
10 5 (1.26%) Electronics
10 5 (1.26%) Social Skills
11 2 (0.50%) Analytical Skills
11 2 (0.50%) Games
11 2 (0.50%) Private Banking
11 2 (0.50%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.25%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (18.59%) CSS
2 73 (18.34%) .NET
3 69 (17.34%) React
4 60 (15.08%) JSON
5 50 (12.56%) RESTful
6 45 (11.31%) .NET Core
7 44 (11.06%) Web Services
7 44 (11.06%) XML
8 43 (10.80%) Kafka
9 42 (10.55%) HTML
9 42 (10.55%) JSON-LD
9 42 (10.55%) LDAP
9 42 (10.55%) OpenID
9 42 (10.55%) SAML
10 41 (10.30%) Spring
11 40 (10.05%) Leaflet
11 40 (10.05%) OpenLayers
11 40 (10.05%) PostGIS
12 35 (8.79%) AngularJS
12 35 (8.79%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 49 (12.31%) Cloud Native
2 42 (10.55%) Enterprise Cloud
2 42 (10.55%) Management Information System
2 42 (10.55%) Reference Data
3 30 (7.54%) Public Cloud
4 14 (3.52%) Device Driver
5 12 (3.02%) Greenfield Project
6 10 (2.51%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (0.75%) Product Ownership
8 2 (0.50%) Credit Risk
9 1 (0.25%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.25%) Industrial Internet of Things
9 1 (0.25%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.25%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 43 (10.80%) Linux
2 14 (3.52%) Embedded Linux
2 14 (3.52%) Windows
3 8 (2.01%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 398 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 280 (70.35%) Agile
3 196 (49.25%) SDLC
4 190 (47.74%) Operational Stability
5 155 (38.94%) Problem-Solving
6 148 (37.19%) Tech Ops
7 129 (32.41%) Artificial Intelligence
8 124 (31.16%) Machine Learning
9 97 (24.37%) Decision-Making
10 77 (19.35%) Microservices
11 74 (18.59%) CI/CD
12 50 (12.56%) DevOps
13 49 (12.31%) Computer Science
13 49 (12.31%) Performance Tuning
13 49 (12.31%) Test Automation
14 43 (10.80%) Data Pipeline
15 42 (10.55%) Actionable Insight
15 42 (10.55%) Architectural Design
15 42 (10.55%) Community of Practice
15 42 (10.55%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 168 (42.21%) Java
2 108 (27.14%) SQL
3 102 (25.63%) Python
4 86 (21.61%) C#
5 72 (18.09%) JavaScript
6 57 (14.32%) C
7 52 (13.07%) C++
8 49 (12.31%) Scala
9 43 (10.80%) Go
10 42 (10.55%) Prolog
10 42 (10.55%) SPARQL
11 23 (5.78%) Embedded C
12 22 (5.53%) TypeScript
13 9 (2.26%) Ruby
14 3 (0.75%) Embedded C++
15 2 (0.50%) PL/SQL
16 1 (0.25%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 43 (10.80%) Security Cleared
2 42 (10.55%) SC Cleared
3 13 (3.27%) Degree
4 9 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.25%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (8.04%) Data Quality
2 4 (1.01%) DICOM
2 4 (1.01%) HL7
2 4 (1.01%) ISO 13485
3 1 (0.25%) IEC 61508
3 1 (0.25%) QA
System Software
1 42 (10.55%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.51%) Docker
3 8 (2.01%) Firmware
4 1 (0.25%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 47 (11.81%) Kubernetes
2 29 (7.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 40 (10.05%) ESRI
2 20 (5.03%) Oracle
3 17 (4.27%) Google
4 4 (1.01%) Databricks
5 1 (0.25%) Coverity
5 1 (0.25%) Klocwork
5 1 (0.25%) Microsoft
5 1 (0.25%) Thales